Soil vs. Land

Soil vs. Land — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Soil and Land

Soilnoun

(uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.

Landnoun

The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

Most insects live on land.

Soilnoun

(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.

Landnoun

Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

There are 50 acres of land in this estate.

Soilnoun

(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.

Landnoun

A country or region.

They come from a faraway land.
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Soilnoun

Country or territory.

The refugees returned to their native soil.Kenyan soil

Landnoun

A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.

Soilnoun

That which soils or pollutes; a stain.

Landnoun

The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.

wet land; good or bad land for growing potatoes

Soilnoun

A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.

Landnoun

A general country, state, or territory.

He moved from his home to settle in a faraway land.
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Soilnoun

Dung; compost; manure.

night soil

Landnoun

realm, domain.

I'm going to Disneyland.Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.

Soilnoun

Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

Landnoun

(agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.

Soilnoun

A bag containing soiled items.

Landnoun

A fright.

He got an awful land when the police arrived.

Soilnoun

A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

Landnoun

(electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.

Soilverb

(transitive) To make dirty.

Landnoun

In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.

Soilverb

(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.

Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.

Landnoun

(travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.

Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.

Soilverb

To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

Landnoun

(obsolete) The ground or floor.

Soilverb

(reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.

Landnoun

(nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.

Soilverb

To make invalid, to ruin.

Landnoun

In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.

Soilverb

To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

Landnoun

(ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.

Soilverb

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.

to soil a horse

Landnoun

lant; urine

Soilnoun

the state of being covered with unclean things

Landverb

(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

The plane is about to land.

Soilnoun

the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Landverb

(dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.

Soilnoun

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

the land had never been plowedgood agricultural soil

Landverb

(intransitive) To come into rest.

Soilnoun

the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state;

American troops were stationed on Japanese soil

Landverb

(intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.

Soilverb

make soiled, filthy, or dirty;

don't soil your clothes when you play outside!

Landverb

(transitive) To bring to land.

It can be tricky to land a helicopter.Use the net to land the fish.

Landverb

(transitive) To acquire; to secure.

Landverb

(transitive) To deliver.

Landadjective

Of or relating to land.

Landadjective

Residing or growing on land.

Landnoun

the land on which real estate is located;

he built the house on land leased from the city

Landnoun

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

the land had never been plowedgood agricultural soil

Landnoun

the solid part of the earth's surface;

the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over landthe earth shook for several minuteshe dropped the logs on the ground

Landnoun

territory over which rule or control is exercised;

his domain extended into Europehe made it the law of the land

Landnoun

the territory occupied by a nation;

he returned to the land of his birthhe visited several European countries

Landnoun

a domain in which something is dominant;

the untroubled kingdom of reasona land of make-believethe rise of the realm of cotton in the south

Landnoun

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

the family owned a large estate on Long Island

Landnoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

a statement that sums up the nation's moodthe news was announced to the nationthe whole country worshipped him

Landnoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

the state has elected a new presidentAfrican nationsstudents who had come to the nation's capitolthe country's largest manufactureran industrialized land

Landnoun

United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991)

Landnoun

working the land as an occupation or way of life;

farming is a strenuous lifethere's no work on the land any more

Landverb

reach or come to rest;

The bird landed on the highest branchThe plane landed in Istanbul

Landverb

cause to come to the ground;

the pilot managed to land the airplane safely

Landverb

bring into a different state;

this may land you in jail

Landverb

bring ashore;

The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island

Landverb

deliver (a blow);

He landed several blows on his opponent's head

Landverb

arrive on shore;

The ship landed in Pearl Harbor

Landverb

shoot at and force to come down;

the enemy landed several of our aircraft

Landadjective

relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land;

land vehiclessea storiessea smellssea traffic

Landadjective

operating or living or growing in water;

boats are aquatic vehicleswater lilies are aquatic plantsfish are aquatic animals